What is Lunfardo?
Lunfardo is a dialect originated and developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the lower classes in Buenos Aires and the surrounding Gran Buenos Aires.
Some lingustics considered that began as prison slang in the late 19th century, so guards would not understand the prisoners
Lunfardo can be considered the language of Argentine tango because most of the lyrics of tango use lunfardo.
Por una cabeza
MUSIC by: Carlos Gardel
LYRICS by: Alfredo Le Pera
Uno (1943)
MUSIC by: Mariano Mores
LYRICS by: Enrique Santos Discepolo
Chorra
MUSIC by: Enrique Santos Discepolo
LYRICS by: Enrique Santos Discepolo
Canción desesperada
MUSIC: Enrique Santos Discepolo
LYRICS: Enrique Santos Discepolo
Cambalache
MUSIC by: Enrique Santos Discepolo
LYRICS by: Enrique Santos Discepolo